Carpet-cleaner.



No. 734,841. ATENTED JULY 28, 190s. E. B. PBRRIS.

CARPET CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 31I 1903. N0 MODEL.

Emma/ Err/15s @44mm/hoz 'f Unirse STATES Patented July 28, 1903,?

i 'EMMA B. FERRIS, orl coLuMBUs, oHio.

,j VVCARPET-CLEANER.

p SPECIFICATION 4forming part of Letters I Patent No. 734,841, datedJuly 28, 1903.

Applicata met nach si, 160s;r saai No. 150,406. `(No man.)

To all whom t 77mg concern,.- r -Be it known that I, EMMA` B. FnRRrs, acitizen of the United States, residing at Colum`Y bus, in the county ofFranklin and State of Ohio, have invented acertain new and usefulImprovement ,in Carpet-Cleaners, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention' relates to apparatus for` cleaning carpets, and isdesigned to provide an improved apparatus of this character wherein thecleaning operation is carried out Y by a beatingaction.` It isfurthermore designed to arrange the apparatus for conveniencevinmanipulation, and thereby to adapt the same for domestic purposes. 7 f

Another object is to arrange for collecting the dirt which is beatenfrom the carpet and also to provide for conveniently removing thecollected dirt from the apparatus.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be herei-n-v Vaftermore fully described, shown in the accompanyin g drawings, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being-understoodthat changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may bemade within the scope of the claims without departingfrom the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspectivev view of a carpet cleaningapparatus constructed in accordance with the present in-` vention, partsbeing broken away to show the interior thereof. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view of the apparatus.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in both guresof the drawings.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided aV frameconsisting of corner posts or uprights l, of which there are preferablyfour in number, and they are connected at their upper ends by means ofhorizontal frame-bars 2. Other intermediate horizontal frame-bars 3connect corresponding posts to brace and stiften the frame structure.Across the bottoms of the posts is stretched a piece of j textilematerial Il, preferablyv canvas, which is permanently connected to theposts to form `suitable handle 17.

" `of which are provided with eyelets or buttonholes 6 -for thereception of headed studs or buttons?, carried by the sides of theframe, at the top and bottom thereof. By this arrangement the sidepieces may be conveniently applied and removed. It is preferred to usecanvas or other textile material for the bottom and sides of the frame,as it retains the dirt and dust and is at the same time light anddurable.

lThe top of the frame is open, and across the same is stretched some.open-work materialas, for instance, cord-netting S-which is held inplace in any suitable manner. i The carpet to be cleaned, which has beenshown at 9 in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings, is placed across the open-worksupport 8, and over the carpet is stretched a retainer 10 in the form ofnetting, which is held in place by being engaged with suitable hooks 11upon the top of the frame.

Within the frame and below the carpet is a beater consisting of a pairof end bars 12, which are connected bycross-bars 13, from which risestuds, fingers, or projections 14, adapted to work through the meshes ofthe open-work support S. lxt'ending from one side of the beater andrigidly connected thereto isa lever 15, which projects through avertical slot 16 in one of the canvas sides of the frame and is providedat itsy outer end with a At opposite sides of the lever are suitablestruts 18, which are con nected` to the adjacent horizontal frame-bars 2and 3, and the lever is fulcrumed upon said struts, as indicated at 19.

Beneath the beater and within the frame is a foraminous or open-worksubstantially horizontal partition 20, preferably cord-netting, which issuitably connected to the frame and is designed to limit the downwardmovement of the beaterand at the same time permitting of the dirtsifting through to the bottom of the frame.

In operating the apparatus the lever 15 is swung up and down bymanipulating the handie 17, whereby the projections on the beaterviolently strike the under side of thecarpet though the meshes of theopen-work carpetsupport 8, thereby eectually dislodging the dirt fromthe carpet, the latter beingshifted along between the netting members 8and 10 as each portion thereof is successively cleaned.

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The dirt which is dislodged from the carpet drops down through theopen-Work partition ment of a piece of carpet by the action of thebeater.

2. In a carpet-cleaner, the combination with a frame having an open top,of an open-Work carpet-support across the top of the frame, a beaterfulcrumed upon the frame beneath the support and provided Withprojections Working through said support, and a yeldable carpet-retaining device stretched over the upper side of the support anddetachably connected to the frame.

3. A carpet cleaner, comprising a frame having an open top and a closedbottom, sides of netting to lie across a strip of carpet upon thecarpet-support, and means to detachably secure the carpet-retainer inplace.

5. In a carpet-cleaner, the combination with a frame having an open top,of a carpet-support of netting stretched across the open top of theframe, hooks at the top of the frame, a carpet-retainer of netting lyingabove the carpet-support and detachably engaged With the hooks, a leverintermediately fulcrumed upon the frame, and a beater carried by theinner end portion of the lever and provided with upstanding projectionsWorking through the meshes of the carpet-support.

EMMA B. FERRIS. In presence of- C. C. SHEPHERD, A. L. PHELPS.

